diff --git a/target_postgres/db_sync.py b/target_postgres/db_sync.py
index 4fba051..e6aef05 100644
--- a/target_postgres/db_sync.py
+++ b/target_postgres/db_sync.py
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ def column_clause(name, schema_property):
     return '{} {}'.format(safe_column_name(name), column_type(schema_property))
 
 
+def sanitize(value):
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        return value
+
+    # this sequence will cause the CSV load to fail
+    return value.replace("\\u0000", '')
+
+
 def flatten_key(k, parent_key, sep):
     full_key = parent_key + [k]
     inflected_key = [inflect_column_name(n) for n in full_key]
@@ -60,18 +68,24 @@ def flatten_schema(d, parent_key=[], sep='__'):
     items = []
     for k, v in d['properties'].items():
         new_key = flatten_key(k, parent_key, sep)
+
+        if not v:
+            logger.warn("Empty definition for {}.".format(new_key))
+            continue
+
         if 'type' in v.keys():
             if 'object' in v['type']:
                 items.extend(flatten_schema(v, parent_key + [k], sep=sep).items())
             else:
                 items.append((new_key, v))
         else:
-            if list(v.values())[0][0]['type'] == 'string':
-                list(v.values())[0][0]['type'] = ['null', 'string']
-                items.append((new_key, list(v.values())[0][0]))
-            elif list(v.values())[0][0]['type'] == 'array':
-                list(v.values())[0][0]['type'] = ['null', 'array']
-                items.append((new_key, list(v.values())[0][0]))
+            property = list(v.values())[0][0]
+            if property['type'] == 'string':
+                property['type'] = ['null', 'string']
+                items.append((new_key, property))
+            elif property['type'] == 'array':
+                property['type'] = ['null', 'array']
+                items.append((new_key, property))
 
     key_func = lambda item: item[0]
     sorted_items = sorted(items, key=key_func)
@@ -150,7 +164,7 @@ def record_to_csv_line(self, record):
         flatten = flatten_record(record)
         return ','.join(
             [
-                json.dumps(flatten[name]) if name in flatten and flatten[name] else ''
+                json.dumps(sanitize(flatten[name])) if name in flatten and flatten[name] else ''
                 for name in self.flatten_schema
             ]
         )